carebant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →caro, carere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
card/comb (wool/flax/etc.);
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd - Entry →careo, carere, carui, caritus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be without/absent from/devoid of/free from; miss; abstain from, lack, lose;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...lustremus animo non has maximas artis, quibus qui carebant inertes a maioribus nominabantur, sed quaero num existimes..."Ars Amatoria I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...pulsat humum, In medio plausu (plausus tunc arte carebant) Rex populo praedae signa petita dedit. Protinus exiliunt, animum..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...capta nave, sequeretur. Nec deformitate ista saltem flumina carebant atque amnes. Danubius ac Rhenus tantum illud nostri decoris..."
